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John Ronald Reuel (J.R.R.) Tolkien is known to many as the author of The
Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings trilogy, but there is more to him than that. ...
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was born on January 3, 1892 in Bloemfontein,
South Africa. ... org/tolkien/biography. ... As a result, Tolkien, his mother, and brother
Hilary moved to a village right outside of Birmingham, England, called Sarehole. ... " Tolkien remained Catholic for
the rest of his life. ... When Tolkien was eighteen, his
mother died of diabetes. She left Tolkien and his younger brother in the
care of Father Francis Morgan, a priest at the Birmingham Oratory. Later
Tolkien wrote in a letter to Michael Tolkien about Fr. ... com)
Tolkien was really good at languages; he even made up his own called
Naffarin, and made up some "Elvish" language. While at school, Tolkien did
well in Latin, Greek, German, and Middle English, just about every language. ... Tolkien earned a scholarship to Oxford
where he majored in Philology, the study of language. "Tolkien formed a close
bond with three school friends, and together they created the tea club of the
Boravian society, known as TCBS, a small club based on the mutual love of
heroic legends and sagas. ...
Tolkien enlisted in the army at the beginning of WWI, where he became an
infantry soldier. During the war, all of his close friends from school died, leaving
Tolkien by himself once again. ... While in the war,
Tolkien began to write The Book of Lost Tales, later renamed the Silmarillion, in
the trenches. ... During the war, Tolkien
survived the battle of Somme in which two of his closest friends died. Later
during the war, Tolkien became ill with trench fever and was sent back to
England. Tolkien then returned to college, and graduated in 1915.
In 1916, Tolkien married his childhood sweetheart, Edith Bratt. Tolkien
and his wife owned a small house in which they raised their large family of four
children. Tolkien took care of the house when his wife became ill and died after
50 years of marriage. ... In a letter to William Cater on
November 29, 1971, Tolkien said, "I am grieved to tell you that my wife died this
morning. ... " On his
wifes grave, Tolkien had the name Luthien engraved on it, he said it was
because she was his Luthien and she knew it. ... "While a professor,
Tolkien was said to be kind, courteous, and animated in class when talking
about centuries-old stories. ... Tolkien met with friends,
while teaching at Oxford including C. ... Tolkien told his draft of The Hobbit to C. ... Tolkien was extremely grateful to
C. ... of the R. ... Tolkien remained a professor at
Oxford for almost 50 years before he retired in 1959 after finishing many books.
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